How to use it
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Paste a public page URL.
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WebDiag fetches HTML and robots.txt through safe fetch.
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Review hard blockers, warnings, and the final indexable candidate signal.
What the tool can do
- Checks HTTP status, redirect count, robots.txt allow/disallow, and noindex signals.
- Compares canonical with the final URL after redirects.
- Does not pretend to know actual search-engine indexing: this is a technical candidate check.
Common use cases
- Check a landing page before publishing.
- Find accidental noindex after a release.
- Check whether the page canonicalizes to another URL.
How it works inside
Robots.txt analysis uses the same allow/disallow precedence parser as the audit engine.
The tool returns indexable_candidate, not guaranteed search index state.
Questions and answers
Does this show whether the page is indexed?
No. It shows technical indexing blockers. Actual SERP/index presence needs a separate tool or integration.
Why is a different canonical not always a fail?
Because it may intentionally consolidate duplicates. For the current URL it is a warning: the page likely should not rank as its own canonical target.
